Enrollment
276
Elementary
DISTRICT 497 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALLENTOWN CITY SD·NCES 420228002775
Lehigh Parkway Elementary School
1708 Coronado St, Allentown, PA 18103 · (484) 765-4441 · Lehigh County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL276 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
268 students
DISTRICT 102% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 60 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 54% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
48.6%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
55.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +12.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.6% | 55.1% |
| 2023-24 | 47.9% | 42.6% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lehigh Parkway Elementary School
Lehigh Parkway Elementary School's state test result (52.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lehigh Parkway Elementary School this school | 276 | 97.1% | 52.8% |
| Fulton Elementary School Lancaster | 274 | 99.3% | 38.5% |
| Hamilton Elementary School Lancaster | 339 | 98.8% | 39.0% |
| Stevens Elementary School Chambersburg | 305 | 100.0% | 32.2% |
| Cayuga School Philadelphia | 360 | 93.6% | 15.2% |
| Marvine Elementary School Bethlehem | 265 | 98.9% | 27.1% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lehigh Parkway Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lehigh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #799 of 1,396 | #25 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #663 of 1,511 ▲ 245 | #22 of 45 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #776 of 1,511 ▲ 188 | #24 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 276 | #1,327 of 1,638 | #44 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #1,310 of 1,528 | #38 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.3% | #575 of 1,531 | #27 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.1% | #500 of 1,600 | #19 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #340 of 1,045 | #4 of 23 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
276
-24 (-8%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 241
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 276 | 18 | 15.3:1 | 97% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 17.9 | 15.0:1 | 100% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 278 | 18.5 | 15.0:1 | 100% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 300 | 18 | 16.7:1 | 99% (297) |
| 2017-18 | 338 | 18 | 18.8:1 | 100% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 314 | 17 | 18.5:1 | 7% (22) |
| 2010-11 | 305 | 16 | 19.1:1 | 74% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 270 | 11 | 24.6:1 | 33% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 241 | 12 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lehigh Parkway Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (338 to 276); teachers unchanged (18 to 18).
About Lehigh Parkway Elementary School
Lehigh Parkway Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school with an address in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The school's enrollment of 276 students covers kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 38% lower than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 443.
Allentown City SD has a total of 23 schools and 16,674 students, Lehigh Parkway Elementary School among them.
At 70%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Lehigh Parkway Elementary School combined. The school is also 16% Black, 7% White, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 28%. Lehigh Parkway Elementary School has a diversity index of 48%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers at Lehigh Parkway Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, lower than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 97%. The 70% average for public schools in Lehigh County is 27 points lower.
allk12 grades Lehigh Parkway Elementary School a B. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Lehigh Parkway Elementary School does better than predicted by 16.8 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 52.8%; the prediction is 36.0%.
In the county around the school, Lehigh County, median household income is about $80,079, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. A total of 83 public schools operate in Lehigh County, serving about 56,984 students.
Hiram W Dodd Elementary School is the closest public school, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Lehigh Parkway Elementary School ranks 1st in a group of 6 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 276, 8% below the 300 of 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 16.7:1 to 15.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Lehigh County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
378,792
Census ACS
Median income
$80,079
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
56,984 students
Quick facts
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- Hiram W Dodd Elementary School1.2 mi · 627
- South Mountain Middle School1.2 mi · 972
- Union Terrace Elementary School1.3 mi · 674
- Francis D Raub Middle School1.3 mi · 876
- Jefferson Elementary School1.3 mi · 522
- Ruby Bridge Childhood Center1.4 mi · 125
Frequently asked questions
About Lehigh Parkway Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lehigh Parkway Elementary School?
Lehigh Parkway Elementary School enrolls approximately 276 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lehigh Parkway Elementary School serve?
Lehigh Parkway Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Lehigh Parkway Elementary School have?
Lehigh Parkway Elementary School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Lehigh Parkway Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lehigh Parkway Elementary School are roughly 7% White, 70% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Lehigh Parkway Elementary School in?
Lehigh Parkway Elementary School is part of Allentown City SD.
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